Gammalite

Well the younger ones will have a differing view to everything than us Karrots. We are more 'experienced' though so know Best lol !!! my daughter I just framed up , to work in the courts this year as a 'learned ' person, BUT I still know best lol !!!!! The greatest problem in young people is they want everything NOW, rather than work towards it over a period of time like the previous generation. New car at 20 ?? unheard of in our day, but commonplace now. The new generation certainly have new thoughts on things. The old boys (like $bill ) there posting, are very bitter it seems . Not much good on a thread Karrots , as just a political comment so give it the flick. not very constructive.

Yes it was a World Record that night , to Lord Module. What an amazing animal he was. The Gammalite of NZ really ! Quite a brutal stallion though. Cecil trained him with 'Chains' at one part of it. He didn't play the game at times. Cecil was from Tasmania like myself, my grandfather drove against him down there near on a century ago. He had to leave Tasmania for some funny reasons and went to Canterbury , where it took him a few seasons to get established. Eventually winning NZ Cups with THUNDER and FALSE STEP to be an icon of the sport.

Alan Matson FFA !!!! don't tell me about the 1981 one FFS . Greatest race ever . 3 x amazing NZ Cup winners in a photo for third !! (Armalight, Bonnies Chance and Hands Down) Gammalite was a length in front of them !!! after sitting parked last lap !! But bloody LORD MODULE storming home from last, to stop Gamma ever getting an Addington win , sad day !!! best race ever.

You should of been ALL OVER that $22 quinella Chief in the Winx !!! I had the Japanese runner and Brandenburg as the F4 with them , until disaster struck 120m out. I'd go 3 million for that yearling ?

Isn't this virus a heap of CRAP ?? you guys are calling all and sundry people as fuckwits and blaming them for it all . Same here in Oz. The state premiers are fighting and Prime Minister tries to say it's their decision what they do in each State. In reality , it's JUST another FLU as everyone knows. A hundred years ago they had a particularly SAVAGE flu called SPANISH Flu that wiped out millions . every flu season brings deaths (Very unfortunately) just the way it is What good is Lock-downs gunna do ??? Certainly NOT going to remove flu from society. UK and USA are just getting on with it at present, even with huge daily Covid +ve numbers. You just have to get over the fear and get on with it eventually. ..... Aus and NZ will have to release the Lockdowns sooner or later Must admit we are 'lucky' in QLD at present, but anyway , best of luck NZ to see the light and be back in business soon !!!!

She's a big State Chief , pretty dry most of the time , must be great track-people that keep grass on some of those tracks !! Beautiful NZ must have magnificent tracks. I grew up near Takanini training tracks . Lush green grass all year round. Can't believe they dug it up for houses????. whata tragedy...... start of decline for NZ racing then? Just for a laugh for the galloping folk , here's Map of the 545m track that raced pacers for 50 years every Saturday afternoon, in suburban Brisbane , that we were talking about named ROCKLEA . was on-course only betting . they sent 10 horses around in a race though even with 'limited' room lol. All standing starts like the gallopers !! (mobile barrier car wouldn't fit around it !!! lol.....) You couldn't attack 4 wide a lap out or you just ended up in the Mechanical shop bottom of picture hahahaha. But lspose you could get the wheel damage to your sulky fixed while there ? hahahah

Hey was that little black colt NZ race-horse of the year for 1979-80 season LITTLE BROWN JUG ? Do you remember what you thought of him at the time? ( and I hope he didn't treat you like Manikato lol..)

You kiwis started all this !!hehe. Here is MY BROWN JUG (possibly raced as Little Brown Jug in NZ) savaging the great MANIKATO !!! heaven forbid ! trying to hurt the greats of the turf ! grumpy kiwis not liking getting beaten ! lol.... Manikato out-stayed him to win this Group 1 CF ORR stakes 1980.

C'mon Chief , that was pretty tame ! Great News barely made contact . That was only fillies and mares race she was a bit grumpy for a mare in a race , i'll give you that much. If you want a real savage clamp on ,complete with some big teeth marks, you need a good Stallion. ! Some of those buggers are 'Particularly Mean' , especially if they are in eye-shot of a horse they don't like. They seem to have real 'preferences' about who (what other horse) they like in their vicinity . SO Si BON used to do it in races occasionally. Try to clamp on to whoever is closest if they see something they don't like at times lol..... bit like Boay lol.

Tommy Berry rode a terrific race on this bloke , following the great kiwi mare VeeryElleegant all the way and timing his run past her brilliantly. I still feel a fatality is imminent in Sydney Group racing. They were both planted 3 wide the trip I think, and after watching stewards replays on Racing NSW website, the interference at the back of the field in the Winx stakes was Extreme IMO. They are racing so so so tight in Sydney currently !!! RIP poor Brandenburg in that race too. (and we're blessed no-one ran over Rachel King) as he broke down and fell inside the 100m post. Then lo and behold , I saw Tommy Berry in action in the Silver Shadow Stakes , another horse had fallen at that exact spot , just inside 100m to go from Extreme Interference as well , from Tommy forcing a passage (ran 4th) but cutting off Xtremetime , who fell and subsequently was destroyed, and Brenton Avdulla in hospital . (another miracle like King that he wasn't run over. ) Should these race riders be shown some NZ or UK big race footage , where respect (and care) for fellow riders is better than what was being dished up at Royal Randwick on Saturday ???

Not much of it makes any sense . Just have to give up worrying about it at some stage. Overnight in UK they had massive crowds at the EPL football matches as it re-starts (no crowds last year) even though there is 1/2 million positive cases in UK this month. USA has had 2,000,000 +ve cases this month, and I think the Government is keeping an eye on state FLORIDA with a similar climate and population as Australia. They are currently in the huge 3rd Wave of covid , as on Graph. At all the Florida hospitals they started off with One covid Wing , but now generally have 4 wings of every hospital dedicated just for the treatment of Covid patients. might as well use them I guess. They currently get more than 30,000 more positives per day and have 100,000 hospitilized and 20,000 Intensive care patients. I guess Australia and NZ are trying to avoid these scenes , but you can't just keep locking down a State or country everytime a person with flu turns up. ? can you? would never end. Vaccinate from one strain and a few months later a different strain turns up . mass vaccinate again ? You're right .... it all makes no sense.

Good grief , you guys have run out of decent names in NZ ? lol..........ELEPHANT came over and won at Caulfield last week , now a RHINOCEROS from NZ has nearly won at Sale today just now. very close 2nd. Can we expect a GIRAFFE next week maybe lol ? Well I spose a KIWI won the Cup.

Dare say they got it wrong. Surprisingly I would of voted Lazarus !!(after those 2 amazing NZ Cup wins,etc ) The vote done in Aus so , guess Lazarus wasn't going to get it. Of course he would of with an NZ vote though. ! The GF. Cast your vote in the H2H battle to determine the #Pacing Blacks A Fake v Lazarus Blackie 62.7% Laz 37.3%

Hope you took your favoured Quinella Chief !!!! sad for Brandenburg, but great return by your Ruakaka winning mare. Hope they set her for the Melbourne Cup !! she'll eat it up this year. (Verry Elleegant)

No lack of form at all . Had a tipped out from stupid standing start (so can't count that) Then a win followed by a 3rd and 4th to KING OF SWING and COPY THAT . bloody terrific form IMO. If he was beating them , he'd be the Superstar of the Southern Hemisphere ? Actually AMAZING DREAM (formerly of Rolleston) was doing exactly that !!. beating the King of Swing and Copy That .............. wink wink . conspiracy is Brodsters demain Chief Stipey!! lol...., hope you aren't related . 03-Jul-2021 ALBION PARK APC03072101 4 $1,410 $25,000 2021 WONDAIS MATE OPEN K M RASMUSSEN 1660m FT MS 90-120 P LISTED CLASSIC 1:52.7 19-Jun-2021 ALBION PARK APC19062101 3 $2,190 $25,660 2021 LUCKY CREED OPEN PACE K M RASMUSSEN 2680m FT MS 90-120 P LISTED CLASSIC 1:58.0 12-Jun-2021 ALBION PARK APC12062101 1 $8,544 $15,210 GARRARD DIVIDED CONDITIONS K M RASMUSSEN 2138m FT MS FFA P 1:56.1 05-Jun-2021 ALBION PARK APC05062101 u $300 $22,810 THE FLASHING RED DH K M RASMUSSEN 2647m 20 SS D P 1:58.5

Wow ! what a race ! wow What a crowd ! they were going nuts !!!!!!!! great drive by Wolfie on Quinney too. But the three legged horse , way too good on the day. did I say wow ! already? Gotta love the Cup. brilliant.

A truly great horse (and trainer/driver ) there for you to enjoy as a young fella ! very nice. Speaking of little tracks you were at, and like Echuca, lets Go Smaller still lol.............. Here's a pic of a race i kept, of race I was in at ROCKLEA (15mins from Brisbane CBD) raced Saturday afternoons for 50 years , until closing 2009 on a city commercial block . only 545m track with a 70m straight !!! lol........ all stands , couldn't fit a mobile on it !!. sort of a square with 4 sharp 90 degree left turns lol........... And it created the best drivers ever !! you had to be sharp as a tack, not afraid to be 'riding on one wheel' as they came out under you, maybe you could attack 3 laps out !! lol..... best fun ever had ! these drivers became 'Seasoned ' very very quickly and I rate them All very highly. and I like all drivers too . these were the 'Hardest to beat' ever, and make todays Aus and NZ drivers look like they are on a casual sunday cycle ride (and Rocklea look like Olympic Velodrome) !!!

Brilliant Chief !! Arapaho , yes that's other one to beat Young Quinn in the NZ Cup (apart from Robalan ) I only got to see Young Quinn once at Auckland live, when 4th in a Delightful Lady Auckland Cup when returned from USA. A true Superstar !!! There was a great book i loved in NZ about them, titled 'Flying Sulkies' I had as a teen, all about the Nz Cup up to 1980. ....... Robalan running unhoppled (a very rare thing with balance) to his big wins. To qualify as a Champion in NZ , I was saying you have to win a NZ Cup , an AUCKLAND Cup or Interdominion. a true guide of greatness ? lol............ Off the cuff, How many won ALL 3 of the great races to qualify ????? I know the greatest of all did , CARDIGAN BAY in the 1960's. Quinny falling short of getting an NZ Cup. maybe ELSU did it ? gunna chew me all day now thinking of some lol......

Well that elephant has already escaped New Zealand circus for greener pastures. ELEPHANT won for Nz connections at Caulfield just last Saturday lol...... And Mel Bracewell escaped too. !! (One of Chiefs 'Jacinda lookalikes'.) She's doing a new tele comedy/ current affairs entertainment show called THE CHEAP SEATS and she is so good at it.!!! It's funny as ! Best show on tele. wonder if you get it in NZ.??

If you don't have a NZ Cup , an Auckland Cup or an Interdominion Grand Final trophy on the mantlepiece Chief , you are just an also ran !!!.......... hehehe Quinny and Gammalite nailed some Inter's !! (and Auckland Cups) Who is Noodlum again ? lol.....

Sorry Chief !! no NZ Cup for Noodlum. not good enough ???? so doesn't join the elite list of greats to do so . Gammalite failed as well sadly. the other champ to miss out was Young Quinn with just 2 x thirds. driven by Robert Cameron and Peter Wolfenden for those 2 thirds as well !! (the two best drivers of the 70's) Robalan beat him in one of them

Copy That was pretty awesome in Brisbane all through July ! shame he didn't stay as would clean up week to week like his old stablemate Tommy Lincoln is. would of been an easy winning prep for the Cup and FFA in Nov at Addington. Do you think he (Copy That) can get revenge in this years Cup ? for that poor getaway last year when NZ cup Fav? He did stick on well in the Auckland Cup over 2 miles New Years eve behind Amazing Dream and behind her in Brisbane for the Group 1 distance race as well. I think he can do it this year !

While Chief remains in hiding , Rangatira is a bit more easy to spot in the crowd !!! great job with the Ink mate !!

They never stopped racing in any lockdown Chief just banned the crowds (public attendance) altogeather. Sorry to hear NZ getting outbreak from Sydney now. such a nuisance for everyone there. Bit more lucky in QLD so far as not lock-down at present. can even ditch masks inside places after this week-end. I rushed off to Gold Coast holiday last week after the Olympics , for a few beach days , just in case we get Locked down. Was like a GHOST town !! all the tourists not there of course, so hundreds of hotels near empty. eating places just one person at a time in them (is 26 degrees beautiful days at moment so weather not an issue) One bloke at the pizza place my wife and I ordered at , we were the only customer between 6-7 dinner time at Broadbeach. The chef brought it out from the kitchen himself to show off his handiwork , as had nothing else to do ? was very funny. (in a way) and sad too. He was so appreciative we used his shop. sad situation. guess NZ tourist spots are gunna go the same way now?

Yes the Fear factor of dying is at play for sure!!. people have always been dying though. that's the price of living in the end. Take all the cars off the road then there's No chance of dying in a car crash is there.? But you can't do that. Take all the people off the streets and No chance of catching virus and dying ? But you shouldn't be able to do that either. Mortality with covid seems same as any other year.? why lock up now ? and demand these half working vaccinations ? (like putting a Band-aid on Deep Cut isn't it ??? ) you just have to wait for your body to repair the underlying damage anyway. Whether you have a Cut or a Virus.